Acta Cryst. (2007). E63, m1817  [ doi:10.1107/S1600536807026773 ]

(Benzoato-²O,O')chlorido(2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline-²N,N')copper(II)

X.-P. Xuan, P.-Z. Zhao and S.-X. Zhang

Abstract: In the title compound, [Cu(C₇H₅O₂)Cl(C₁₄H₁₂N₂)], the Cu^II ion is five-coordinated in a distorted square-pyramidal geometry by two O atoms from one benzoate anion, two N atoms from one 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline ligand (dmphen) and one Cl^- anion. The Cu-N bond lengths are 1.990 (3) and 2.111 (3) Å, while the Cu-O bond lengths are 2.031 (2) and 2.069 (2) Å. The crystal packing seems to be determined by interactions between dmphen aromatic rings of neighbouring molecules, with a distance between their ring centroids of 3.978 (5) Å.

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